
Man and Wife by Ann Oakley
Following on from her classic autobiography Taking it like a Woman, Oakley examines the relationship of her parents (her father helped to found the Welfare State), revealing the conflicts between public themes and personal lives.
Oakley, Ann: - Ann Oakley is a leading British sociologist and writer. She is Professor of Sociology and Social Policy at the Institute of Education, University of London, where she set up the Social Science Research Unit and the EPPI-Centre, an enterprise devoted to making social research useful to policy-makers. She is the author of many books. Her non-fiction includes The Sociology of Housework (1974), Becoming A Mother (1979), Experiments in Knowing (2000) and Gender on Planet Earth (2002). Among her novels are A Proper Holiday (1996), Overheads (1999), and The Men's Room (1988), which was made into a BBC TV series.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780002556651 |
| ISBN 10 | 0002556650 |
| Title | Man and Wife |
| Author | Ann Oakley |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Year published | 1996-10-14 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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